Partisan Economis

[foragefarmer]

Stonepicker

NOT endorsing the Mb. NDP government but, just wondering what they have to do with a comparison of the federal Liberals and Conservative governments and the gains achieved in the Canadian stock market, while in power?

[stonepicker]

Every prov. gov. has a lot to do with the economic activity within their prov., which affects the rest of the country. Take a look at the different province's. Alberta will be a good experiment. Mb. has oil, potash, gold, hydro electric power and the highest ratio of gov. employees in the country. Guess which one is being fully utilized. Dissappointing. Ontario? Bowing to the unions, why are companies continually leaving? Sask. ( the former gap ) now an economic powerhouse with world-class companies in saskatoon. Getting long, time to stop.

[stonepicker]

Maybe i read between the lines but it looked like a thread about whether left leaning gov. was better than right leaning. Not so?

[dmlfarmer]

The point of the thread was to try to find out why there is such a strong perception that "right leaning" (Conservative/Republican) governments are better fiscal/economic managers when history clearly shows both in Canada and the US shows that the economy has done better under left "leaning governments" Liberals/Democrats.

[foragefarmer]

Federal Liberals are center right, the Canadian stock market had better gains when they were in power according to the stats. That was not between the lines as the left had nothing to do with it!!

[foragefarmer]

Liberals are center, not center-right, I got it wrong.

[stonepicker]

I don't think i agree. I'll use britain as an example, the labour gov. virtually strangled the country by letting the unions have their way, maggie thatcher handcuffed the unions allowing the country to breathe again and for her contribution she got booted out. ( very condensed version ) Your study doesn't come to any clear conclusion, anybody can read whatever they want into it.

[stonepicker]

for dml...

[dmlfarmer]

agreed forage farmer, that is why I said "leaning" as most on this forum consider liberals and democrats leftists regardless if they are or not.

Stone picker, again, I have to tell you to go back and read my first post. Krugman makes this argument about US politics and I found his assertion also held true in Canadian politics. Those are the only two countries I am making this claim about.

Furthermore, I would not even consider basing this argument over one leader of either party as you try to do with Britain. Krugman found this trend held since the second world war. I went back to the 1920's until now in Canada.